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Montero to DL; Gosewisch makes big league debut

Montero to DL; Gosewisch makes big league debut

8/1/13: Tuffy Gosewisch singles up the middle in the eighth inning for the first hit of his Major League career

By Dave Sessions
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Special to MLB.com |

ARLINGTON -- The D-backs on Thursday placed catcher Miguel Montero on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 29, as his sore back continues to ail him.

Montero did not play in the final two games of Arizona's series at San Diego, and he was out of the starting lineup for four consecutive games from July 23-26.

"It's a lower back strain, we're being proactive," manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's been nagging for about a week and we felt this was the best way to resolve it."

Montero will see a back specialist in Arizona on Friday morning and could receive an epidural injection, D-backs GM Kevin Towers said Thursday. Montero had an MRI last week that showed a bulging disk, Towers said.